Kenmare man killed in accident near Flaxton

FLAXTON, N.D. - A Kenmare man was killed Sunday in a two-vehicle accident near Flaxton, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

Jeffery Odom, 58, was traveling west in a 2013 Ford F-150 pickup on 100th Street Northwest, about two miles south of Flaxton, when he struck the right side of a 2006 Volvo semi truck driven by Steven Foster, 59, of Jamestown, who was northbound on 78th Avenue West. Both streets are gravel roads.

The pickup pushed the semi into a ditch, where both vehicles came to a rest. The accident occurred about 4:15 p.m.

Odom was wearing a seat belt and his airbag was deployed. Foster was not wearing a seat belt.

Odom was transported to a Bowbells hospital. The report did not say whether Odom died at the scene or at the hospital.